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I saw a sentence like:

Maximum number of minutes are 60

but I feel like it must be "is 60" not "are" as we are describing about the word number here which is singular.

and after search I came across two different questions with two different answers (11 , 22) and I don't know what exactly is the correct behavior here and if I'm able to use both of them or not.

I saw a sentence like:

Maximum number of minutes are 60

but I feel like it must be "is 60" not "are" as we are describing about the word number here which is singular.

and after search I came across two different questions with two different answers (1 , 2) and I don't know what exactly is the correct behavior here and if I'm able to use both of them or not.

I saw a sentence like:

Maximum number of minutes are 60

but I feel like it must be "is 60" not "are" as we are describing about the word number here which is singular.

and after search I came across two different questions with two different answers (1 , 2) and I don't know what exactly is the correct behavior here and if I'm able to use both of them or not.

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Muhammed Refaat
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Maximum number of minutes is/are 60

I saw a sentence like:

Maximum number of minutes are 60

but I feel like it must be "is 60" not "are" as we are describing about the word number here which is singular.

and after search I came across two different questions with two different answers (1 , 2) and I don't know what exactly is the correct behavior here and if I'm able to use both of them or not.